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Dactylis glomerata L.

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Dactylis glomerata L., Sp. Pl. 71 (1753)
Dactylis glomerata L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
71
ICN
Dactylis glomerata L.
species
Dactylis glomerata

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glomerata

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Dactylis glomerata L.

Dense, coarse, often greyish green tufts, 25-120 cm; branching intra-vaginal, shoots compressed. Leaf-sheath green to pale brown, subcoriaceous, keeled, ribs finely prickle-toothed or minutely hairy. Ligule 3-10.5 mm, acute, erose or sometimes ciliate, abaxially smooth, or with minute hairs or prickle-teeth. Leaf-blade (7)-15-55 cm × 1.5-9 mm, flat, midrib strong, lateral ribs fine, ribs, margins and acicular tip scabrid. Culm 15-95 cm, erect or spreading, internodes glabrous. Panicle (5)-7-20-(45) cm, secund, with spikelets in dense spike-like clusters at tips of few, strong, scabrid branches; lower branches often distant, naked below. Spikelets 6-8 mm, 3-7-flowered, stiff, almost sessile, oblong or cuneate, light green or purplish; often proliferous. Glumes per-sistent, unequal, membranous, ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled; lower 3-5 mm, acute, upper 4-6 mm, acuminate, keel scabrid to long-ciliate. Lemma 4.5-6.5-(7) mm, 5-nerved, ovate-lanceolate, sparsely pubescent, scabrid, papillose or glabrous, keel scabrid to long-ciliate, margins hyaline, scabrid; awn terminal 0.2-1.2 mm. Palea ≤ lemma, keels short-ciliate, interkeel finely scabrid. Anthers 2-3.5 mm. Caryopsis c. 1 × 0.5 mm.

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Dactylis glomerata L.
Dactylis glomerata L.
Dactylis glomerata L.
Dactylis glomerata L.
Dactylis glomerata L.

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Dactylis glomerata L.
Bhutan
Dactylis glomerata L.
France
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Dactylis glomerata L.
United Kingdom

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cf43ffd9-a85d-4951-9016-0d196b477465
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 November 2013
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